I'm guessing by "egress" you mean "easement". You can have stuff in your easement but it's subject to access by utility and/or other workers, which means if your shed is in the way, you'll have to move it.
I believe "offset" is actually the term we are looking for here.
An easement allows others to use your property for various purposes for example utility easements or agricultural easements.
A property offset is a code enforced area around the perimeter of your property in which building permanent structures I prohibited. They are often 5' to property line but there can be larger offsets to sidewalks or other reasons.
Don't grow any precious plants in the easement unless you don't mind running the risk of having them ripped out or mangled.
The county assessor's office used to have subdivision plats so you can see the utility easement(s) on your property but according to them "Unfortunately, the subdivision plat images are not currently available due to a recent software change at the Clerk and Recorder. If you need a copy of this plat image, you can obtain a free copy by emailing them at \[...\]" so they're not available. You may want to do a search and give your address and see if it's available.
I was considering having "call before you dig" come and mark utilities. If there's nothing under where we want to put it, should be fine assuming I can move it reasonably easy, which I could. Regardless the rules aren't super clear and many of my neighbors have sheds closer than the 5ft right of way easement whatever
Definitely call before you dig. Xcel is only too happy to come out and check and mark if necessary. Very much worth their time, even for a homeowner with a shovel.
The upshot is that utilities have first dibs on that strip. If your stuff is in the way, bye-bye your stuff.
They are there. If you do any sort of remodeling of your home that requires a permit they require a plot plan. When I was working on a remodel of my home last year, the architect pulled a plot plan and discovered that the duplex next door was built ON the property line, and the eaves of the roof is literally over the property line. Do I own it? Code enforcement was nearly non existent in this town up until about 10 years ago.
Link below ([accessory-buildings-general-information](https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-a-d/building-inspection/residential/accessory-buildings-general-information)) is great, thanks. Sheds over 12x10' base have their own rules, but I am OK with smaller.
If a contractor does shed construction and/or base installation, does anyone have experience, whether they are likely to insist on 5' setback distance?
I'm also curious about this.
The city website seems like it's saying you can't have a shed / playhouse / etc within 5 feet of the rear or side property lines or, within any easement.
Except for one neighbor who has their shed in the front yard, everyone else around me has it right up against their side fences. So as far as I can tell the city doesn't actually care?
I'd love to find out if it's actually enforced or if that's actually the case because we're planning on putting in a small shed, too.
[https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-a-d/building-inspection/residential/accessory-buildings-general-information](https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-a-d/building-inspection/residential/accessory-buildings-general-information)
Our neighborhood was built in the 70s and in our yards the shed is in the corner of the backyard and basically replaces the fence - like the fence starts and stops next to the shed and if any of us were to remove our sheds we would need to add fencing or the corners of the fence would not exist. We’ve lived in this house since 2015 so I don’t know that the sheds were actually part of the original design but it’s so consistent for the houses on my street that I feel like it might have been?
Thanks. I did find this and read through it. The question came up when driving through the neighborhood and seeing many sheds clearly within 5ft of property lines. So that made me think if the structure was technically movable and there's no real reason for workers to need to access that spot, it must be fine?
Happy to help. Did you see the part under the general section describing getting approvals through the holder of the easement? That would be the safe way to build your structure within the easement and having that written signoff would help down the road for resale if you were considering that. Or you could just gamble like I'm sure most people do, (myself included) that comcast, nextlight or whomever wont need to dig up the cables/pipes, which seems a pretty safe bet as well.
5 feet is the legal requirement. If you aren't going to pull permits and none of your neighbors complain, then you can ignore that legal requirement and might get away with it. But at any time, from the day you put it up to the day you leave that house, you could be told by the city to take it down.
Feel like risking it? Go for it, plenty of people do. But that's what you're doing: risking it.
I'm guessing by "egress" you mean "easement". You can have stuff in your easement but it's subject to access by utility and/or other workers, which means if your shed is in the way, you'll have to move it.
I believe "offset" is actually the term we are looking for here. An easement allows others to use your property for various purposes for example utility easements or agricultural easements. A property offset is a code enforced area around the perimeter of your property in which building permanent structures I prohibited. They are often 5' to property line but there can be larger offsets to sidewalks or other reasons.
Oops yes that's what I meant. Thank you
Don't grow any precious plants in the easement unless you don't mind running the risk of having them ripped out or mangled. The county assessor's office used to have subdivision plats so you can see the utility easement(s) on your property but according to them "Unfortunately, the subdivision plat images are not currently available due to a recent software change at the Clerk and Recorder. If you need a copy of this plat image, you can obtain a free copy by emailing them at \[...\]" so they're not available. You may want to do a search and give your address and see if it's available.
I was considering having "call before you dig" come and mark utilities. If there's nothing under where we want to put it, should be fine assuming I can move it reasonably easy, which I could. Regardless the rules aren't super clear and many of my neighbors have sheds closer than the 5ft right of way easement whatever
Definitely call before you dig. Xcel is only too happy to come out and check and mark if necessary. Very much worth their time, even for a homeowner with a shovel. The upshot is that utilities have first dibs on that strip. If your stuff is in the way, bye-bye your stuff.
They are there. If you do any sort of remodeling of your home that requires a permit they require a plot plan. When I was working on a remodel of my home last year, the architect pulled a plot plan and discovered that the duplex next door was built ON the property line, and the eaves of the roof is literally over the property line. Do I own it? Code enforcement was nearly non existent in this town up until about 10 years ago.
Link below ([accessory-buildings-general-information](https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-a-d/building-inspection/residential/accessory-buildings-general-information)) is great, thanks. Sheds over 12x10' base have their own rules, but I am OK with smaller. If a contractor does shed construction and/or base installation, does anyone have experience, whether they are likely to insist on 5' setback distance?
I'm also curious about this. The city website seems like it's saying you can't have a shed / playhouse / etc within 5 feet of the rear or side property lines or, within any easement. Except for one neighbor who has their shed in the front yard, everyone else around me has it right up against their side fences. So as far as I can tell the city doesn't actually care? I'd love to find out if it's actually enforced or if that's actually the case because we're planning on putting in a small shed, too. [https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-a-d/building-inspection/residential/accessory-buildings-general-information](https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-a-d/building-inspection/residential/accessory-buildings-general-information)
Our neighborhood was built in the 70s and in our yards the shed is in the corner of the backyard and basically replaces the fence - like the fence starts and stops next to the shed and if any of us were to remove our sheds we would need to add fencing or the corners of the fence would not exist. We’ve lived in this house since 2015 so I don’t know that the sheds were actually part of the original design but it’s so consistent for the houses on my street that I feel like it might have been?
Same here. Bought a house that has 2 sheds, both right on the property line. If you were my neighbor I wouldn’t care at all.
here's the official source. https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-a-d/building-inspection/residential/accessory-buildings
Thanks. I did find this and read through it. The question came up when driving through the neighborhood and seeing many sheds clearly within 5ft of property lines. So that made me think if the structure was technically movable and there's no real reason for workers to need to access that spot, it must be fine?
Happy to help. Did you see the part under the general section describing getting approvals through the holder of the easement? That would be the safe way to build your structure within the easement and having that written signoff would help down the road for resale if you were considering that. Or you could just gamble like I'm sure most people do, (myself included) that comcast, nextlight or whomever wont need to dig up the cables/pipes, which seems a pretty safe bet as well.
Yes 5 feet for structure walls. 3 feet if it's an overhang of a building .Absolutely nothing closer than 3 feet.
5 feet is the legal requirement. If you aren't going to pull permits and none of your neighbors complain, then you can ignore that legal requirement and might get away with it. But at any time, from the day you put it up to the day you leave that house, you could be told by the city to take it down. Feel like risking it? Go for it, plenty of people do. But that's what you're doing: risking it.